The Hard Work That Wonder Girls Are Putting In for Year-End Gayo Festivals

The year-end gayo festivals organized by the 3 main Korean tv broadcasters SBS, KBS and MBC in the final 3 days of each year have always been a treat for us fans especially as we end the year on a high note (hopefully for all).

But as some of us are enjoying while others go to great lengths to bash them, they don’t quite understand the stress and hard work that all the artistes have put in for their back-to-back stages over the course of 3 consecutive days. As you can see, it’s almost the same lineup for each gayo festival which includes Jewelry, Rain, MC Mong, Wonder Girls, Big Bang, Kim Jong Kook, etc.

Take the Wonder Girls for example. They had to re-create 3 different versions of Nobody for each gayo festival. This is in addition to the extra stages that they have to perform. For the KBS Gayo Daechuk last night, WonderBang cane dance, Sun Ye and Ye Eun was in the Mamma Mia stage, the Survivor stage, stage with Park Jung Ah and then Lee Moon Sae. Sun Ye had an additional Stand Up For Love stage at the SBS Gayo Daejun. Then the Wonder Girls will have a special collaboration with Big Bang for tonight’s MBC Gayo Daejun.

The Wonder Girls manager expressed, “After ending their (Wonder Girls) performances at 12am, they have to head straight for rehearsals with Big Bang for tonight’s (MBC Gayo Daejun) performance until 5 in the morning. Then they have minimal sleep before heading to MBC at 9am for rehearsals.

So before you bash someone, try to understand their hard work and effort. Granted that they don’t need to do these, they are just trying their best to give a good show. Lee Hyori and Lee Hong Ki (F.T. Island) have already been hospitalized due to fatique and I hope that’s it for this year. Wishing them all good health for the last day of 2008 and a good WonderBang performance.

WHAT’S UP WONDER BOYS??? what the hell u saying that…
BIGBANG is the greatest boyband whole korea….
they never do miming in they’re perfrmance…
they are the best …so they are really suit WG…
instead the WONDER BOYS u mention in philips…???
who are they???we don’t even know them….iuu…
so chill man…..

hope that WG will always be the best all-girls group….
frankly,they are better than other Hollywood all-girls group out there..lololol….
so wish them for the best in life n carreer….
aza..aza….hwaiting…. XD

MYGOSH :( .
it`s so cool. you can feel the love of Wonder Girls for their fans [us] , they`re really working hard. And their sleep, it`s not even a sleep. >___< Maybe some kind of long nap.
And Big Bang too, aww.

i know… all of the artist have tried their very best! and i hate in when some people don’t appreciate the work they put in… especially the antis, they are human too… just because their performance was not perfect, at least they had the effort to do their best! i hope they all have a good rest… DBSK really need some rest they are working all the time!

i feel bad for the celebs and we all think they have it so easy . dbsk had it worst after they performed something they had to go to japan and back . i think 08 was a good year for fans but tiring for celebs

it was a handful to even deal with people bashing wonder girls on his blog but another thing to take his whole life away. he updates this blog constantly not to mention that he’s super fast. he’s not a robot and therefore, he is taking his own time to give information to fans like you. he needs to take a breath too. he has a life and i’m sure that he’ll keep supporting wonder girls in the future. let’s not be a burden for him.

wonder girls HAS been hospitalized in the past but personal fans really don’t care if they are in a bad condition to perform. nothing satisfies them enough.

ohmy.. i hope no any artists will be hospitalize or sth esp for the WG!!! They seem to have more perfs and works than the other artsits!! For Sunye!! i hope ALL artists will remain healthy and thnx for the hardworks!! We enjoyed it :)

i totally agree with this post.
these ppl who just bash and don’t know what’s the girls and all the other stars really doing – for make the amazing festivals, gayos and all the shows for us – these bashers i hope someday they’ll live through what the girls live.. and then they can meet with all the hard feelings what these stars always feel when they get those bad comments.
i also dunno what they are going through but i can imagine and i can respect them about that. i really hope Hyori and HongKi will get well soon and other artist won’t hospitalized.
Fighting all Kpop artists~~!

@topspin
this picture is from last years music bank. you can see in the up right corner ,,music bank 2007″. i think it’ll be Sunmi+Top and Seungri+Yoobin again just like yesterday.

“After ending their (Wonder Girls) performances at 12am, they have to head straight for rehearsals with Big Bang for tonight’s (MBC Gayo Daejun) performance until 5 in the morning. Then they have minimal sleep before heading to MBC at 9am for rehearsals.”

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Whoa, I would die with that kind of schedule. They REALLY deserve a break.

Hi Coolsmurf.
I just wanted to tell you something, I hope you will read this (there are so much comments).
I really think you make a mistake if you close Wonder Girls Wonderland.
You said that there are other english sources – but there aren’t! Spectacle is just a fansit – sorry, it’s a beautyful fansite ;) – but there are no updates, no news. And Soompi is a chaotic forum.
You’re site is the best. If I write “Wonder Girls” in Google, your site is number 2/3!
I love your site! It’s so sad that you don’t continue because of such a banal reason (in my opinion it is a banal reason)!
Without your site I won’t get news from the Wonder Girls which is just Shit.
And I am from Germany, which, I think, is far away from Korea.
Good Bye. :(

i really hope that after all of this performance s they will have some really good & more than enough of sleep ^_^ please do rest well Wonder Girls & come back with a BANG! lol haha….i am so gonna miss this site alvin T_T

i really hope you will also make a comeback just like WG lol….i am hoping for it….

gosh..this haters need to get a life..
poor our girls..they put out so many effort but then people are not grateful with it..
n yeah..i glad they will stop promoting after this..they need a long rest..

I agree 100% with your post. it is hard to do what they are doing. It is actually amazing to come out with a semi flawless performance after just a day of rehearsal. people should understand. bashers and antis are so narrow minded

oh gosh! reading this makes me feel sooooo bad for them.. and yeah,a lot of haters really don’t know what these artists go through and yet they keep on throwing hurtful words as if they’re all that. Hopefully, they all get to REEEEEEST after this! Hope Hyori gets better!

I’m really glad that you posted this coolsmurf.
Since I’ve heard lots of bashing about our girls
a lot lately. Honestly, it needs to stop for I know
that they took lots of practices to be able to
give us all these great performances. It takes
lots of effort and others need to know that.
Wow, 5 AM in the morning? Which means from
5am -9am around 4 hours of sleeping time!
That’s so crazy. Our girls needs lots of rest!
I’m glad that they’re going to take some a break,
because their health is important too.
Wonder Girls Hwaiting! & Big Bang oppas too!
Can’t wait to watch the performances, the
last one too… sadly enough :(
WonderBang <3

yeah i feel bad for them also…those people in popseoul and allkpop are annoying they never said anything nice about our girls. and always bashing..other artists too…so i quit going to their website cuz it’s freaking annoying and they just ignorant people. anyway..i hope everyone have a goood rest and healthy also..thanks coolsmurf for this post.

i can really feel how immensely big bang and wonder girls’ efforts were in these festivals… they did an awesome job and i cannot wait until tomorrow so they can finally finished everything off with a bang and get their well deserved rest! wonderbang fighting!!!!

OHHHHHHH MY DARLING!!~~
After ending their performances at 12am, they had to head straight for rehearsals with Big Bang for tonight’s performance until 5 in the morning. Then they have minimal sleep before heading to MBC at 9am for rehearsals.
@_@ omg~~
Go WonderGirls!!!!! You can do it!! Fighting!!

damn straight…. nobody nobody but nobody should bash on wondergirls for they ALWAYS try their best to put up a good performance. every performance they do they do their best! even when “WE” clearly see them tired in their performance they deserve the best of the best support from Wonderful fans.

For these past 2 gayo performances they put up the best performances ever!! gotta love the Wondergirls for making their fans so happy!

WHAT!?
Who in the world is bashing our girls?
I haven’t heard of anything but then again I’ve been a bit busy I haven’t even been able to watch the shows live.
I heard about Hyori and HongKi and I hope they’re doing ok.. :(
5 IN THE MORNING!
Oh my god I hope our girls are ok that’s insane!
Much strength to them and I can’t wait until they get to officially rest even though that would mean the end of their promotions.
I think it would be worth it to know that they could get more than 4 hours of sleep.
Well anyway I cannot WAAAAIT until the WonderBang perf and whether it wasn’t up to expectations I know I will LOVE it. One of the many reasons being that they worked so hard for it.
Thanks for showing your support throughout the end coolsmurf.
I’ll miss you :(.

Thank you for this. Those words you say, is how I am feeling. People need to understand the hard work, effort and dedication all the artistes are making to put on the best show for us -not just the wonder girls. People need to just sit back and enjoy the show.

BTW, is it inevitable that you are leaving? Is this a LONG hiatus like the WGs or is this for permanent? (please say LONG hiatus…)